- #1 Planet Zoo
97% matchVery Positive91% of 97,290 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Why similar: Zoo 38% ★, City Builder 8.5%, Building 7.1%, Management 6.6%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #2 Wildlife Park 2 - Crazy Zoo
96% matchMostly Positive69% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Zoo is expanding! More than 30 new types of animals and plants have moved in at the zoo. Favorite species such as the Wolf, the Arctic Fox, the Giant Kangaroo and the Meerkat are the new Stars in your zoo! Improve the park with the blossoms of sunflowers and rare orchids and plant exotic trees such as bamboo and eucalyptus.
Why similar: Zoo 20% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%, City Builder 9%, Animals 8.2% ★
- #3 Wildlife Park 3
96% matchMixed59% of 524 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: Simulation 12.5%, City Builder 11.9%, Management 10%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 9.5%
- #4 Let's Build a Zoo
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,095 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Zoo 16.6% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 9.7%
- #5 My Free Zoo
94% matchMixed62% of 733 reviews2017
Dev: upjers
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A small zoo needs your help! As the new manager, it's your job to boost business. Design the zoo of your dreams. From wolves and polar bears all the way to prehistoric beasts – the further you progress in the game, the more exotic the animals you'll be able to keep in your zoo. Play now and save the zoo!
Why similar: Zoo 35.4% ★, Animals 14.4% ★, City Builder 12.6%, Building 7.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #6 Zoo 2: Animal Park
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,683 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: upjers
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Zoo 2: Animal Park – Take care of wild and tame zoo animals in this animal game!
Why similar: Zoo 37.4% ★, Animals 15.2% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 5.3%
- #7 The Great Indian Safari
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot StudiosPub: SYV Games LLP
Windows
Build an Indian wildlife reserve, rewild habitats, design safari routes, and capture breathtaking wildlife photography. Balance ecosystem health with ecotourism as you grow from local park to global conservation icon.
Why similar: Zoo 41.8% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 7.9%, Economy 7.2%
- #8 Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
92% matchMixed64% of 2,043 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
Why similar: Zoo 36.1% ★, Animals 18% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Management 13.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #9 My Tiny Park
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Cabin
Windows
My Tiny Park is a management sim where you design and manage parks of all kinds - from schoolyard playgrounds to sprawling nature reserves. Balance budgets, attract visitors, and craft the perfect outdoor space in this relaxing yet strategic game!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 11.5%, Management 9.5%
- #10 Dubai Simulator
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mobilway S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
In Dubai Simulator, you'll have the chance to design and build your dream city, complete with towering skyscrapers, bustling streets, luxurious resorts, and awe-inspiring landmarks.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Building 9.5%
- #11 Wildlife Park - Wild Creatures
91% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2015
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wild Creatures leads you into an extremely exotic world of wild animals from the present and the past. Numerous new species are available in Wild Creatures missions or in the free game. In your research centers and genetic labs you are able to breed related ancestors of existing animals, such as mammoths and dinosaurs.
Why similar: Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.8%, Animals 9.2% ★
- #12 Farm World
89% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows · Mac
"Farm World" - makes the dream of your own farm come true.Create, design and maintain your own farm with up to 8 horse breeds, e.g. Haflinger, Arabs and Shetland ponies. But also typical farm animals like sheep, cows and pigs enrich your farm and make it an attraction with a high leisure value.
Why similar: Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Building 10.7%, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #13 Geopogo Cities: Windsor–Detroit
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geopogo
Windows
A real-world city-building simulation where you shape the future of downtown Windsor–Detroit. Zone, redevelop, and experiment with growth using real map data in a living urban sandbox.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 7.2%
- #14 Cities XXL
89% matchMixed41% of 2,364 reviews2015
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 50.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Building 13.4%, Economy 12.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #15 Captain Contraption’s Safari Park
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Linux
Build a safari park where strange animals eat, breed and turn against each other in a living, breathing, ecosystem. Design paths to guide your visitors to the best moments, and unlock weirder creatures to clone with every run.
Why similar: Zoo 41.9% ★, Animals 16.3% ★, Building 7.9%, Management 7%, Economy 6.9%
- #16 Two Point Museum
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,124 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #17 Cities: Skylines II
86% matchMixed56% of 91,582 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.8 hrsMean: 76.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Economy 9.4%
- #18 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,979 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Building 15.7%, Management 14%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 10.4%
- #19 Ethics Empire
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Nullgrid Studios
Windows
Become the richest business owner in this strategy-based simulator, choose your playstyle trying to balance ethics and profits in this chaotic low poly world. Will you keep your ethical businesses thriving or will you let it all crumble down for a quick buck?
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.4%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #20 Zoo Constructor
85% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Zoo Constructor - Construct and manage an animal park. Economic simulation with complex animal, climate and plant simulation. The constructor has tools for soil, water, roads, fences and plants, personnel, visitor facilities and decorations available.
Why similar: Simulation 17.6%, Animals 17.6% ★, Strategy 15%, Building 10.2%, Economy 9.1%
- #21 Planet Coaster 2
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,299 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Economy 10%
- #22 Urbanist
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Halfcooked Games
Windows
Thousands of citizens, each with a life of their own. Urbanist is a strategy and simulation game about transforming small settlements into thriving cities and vibrant neighborhoods. Build up your island, manage resources and production chains, and earn your reputation as the next great Urbanist.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.2%
- #23 Smart City Plan
83% matchMixed65% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Smart City Plan is a modern old-school style city builder game: Plan zones, roads, public transport like trains, trams, buses, subways and even the hypertube. Set taxes and policies and implement smart city technologies.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10%
- #24 Planet Coaster
81% matchVery Positive91% of 72,112 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 17.2%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 11%, Economy 8.8%
- #25 Two Point Campus
80% matchVery Positive88% of 8,133 reviews2022
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Building 14.5%, Management 14%, Simulation 11.7%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #26 Wildlife Park 2 - Marine World
81% matchMixed70% of 44 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Marine Wolrld" offers 23 sea dwellers in 8 new Missions and 10 maps. A lot of new animaldevices, service, plants and decoration
Why similar: Animals 18.4% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Realistic 10.4%, Economy 10%
- #27 Shopping Center Tycoon
79% matchPositive80% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.
Why similar: City Builder 16.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Building 14.6%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 13%
- #28 Parking World: Build & Manage
78% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Build, manage, and expand your own lucrative parking enterprise in this management sim. Parking World puts the power to build your perfect parking garage at your fingertips while solving everybody else's parking problems in unique narrative scenarios or without any objectives in freeplay mode.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Building 13.5%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 10.1%
- #29 Project AURA
79% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 9.7%, Economy 9.3%
- #30 Citystate Metropolis
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andy Sztark
Windows
The creative, pragmatic, limitless city builder. Engineer a masterpiece of urban design, a small sustainable town or a futuristic metropolis. With procedurally generated buildings, grid-less zoning and powerful editor tools, everything is customizable: the city is yours.
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Building 13%, Sandbox 12.7%, Economy 11%, Simulation 10.5%
- #31 Dream Corp 梦想公司
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: zhangkun
Windows
This is an integrated company simulation game combining construction, management, and life elements. As the boss, precisely control each character without cumbersome page operations. Encounter random events, explore employees' hobbies, quirks, and build a dream company together.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Management 11.5%, Economy 11.2%
- #32 City Masterplan
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1:1 Studio
Windows
Break the grid and build a true 1:1 scale metropolis. City Masterplan is a realistic city builder where traffic, citizens, and economy form a fully simulated system. Design complex road networks freely, manage real congestion, and shape a city through the decisions you make.
Why similar: City Builder 25.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Sandbox 13%, Building 8.5%
- #33 Chinese Empire: Prologue
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YeyunaPub: G11 S.A.
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. The prologue will introduce you to the world of Chinese Empire!
Why similar: City Builder 27.2%, Building 13.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Economy 11.5%
- #34 Resort Manager
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nesalis GamesPub: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Resort Manager – become the owner of a holiday resort and build the tourist empire of your dreams! Manage, invest, and grow your summer haven to attract more and more guests and transform a small getaway into a vibrant hotspot full of attractions.
Why similar: Simulation 17%, Sandbox 15%, Strategy 12.4%, City Builder 11.6%, Management 10.7%
- #35 Hotel Magnate
74% matchMixed58% of 491 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 10.8%, Management 10.3%
- #36 World of Zoo
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 256 reviews2009
Dev: Blue FangPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
What would you do if you had the keys to the zoo? World of Zoo is the only life sim game that pushes you past the fences and into a world of your own zoo. Create and customize your zoo experience and develop hands on relationships to earn the trust and love of your animals.
Why similar: Zoo 46.6% ★, Animals 24.9% ★, Simulation 17%, Family Friendly 7.9%, Cute 3.2%
- #37 Tropico 5
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 14,405 reviews2014
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 14.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 9.1%
- #38 BlockUrbs
73% matchPositive85% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
BlockUrbs is a small city builder game where you can place a variety of structures and roads on tiles to create tiny, detailed and beautiful city sections without worrying about any goals or scores.
Why similar: City Builder 35.3%, Simulation 18%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #39 The Archaeologists
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: dogvsbear
Windows · Linux
The Archaeologists is a single-player settlement builder. Establish multiple settlements through manufacturing and trade. Raise great structures across the mountain to link them into one interconnected economy. Dig into the rock to unearth valuable artifacts and uncover a forgotten past.
Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Economy 12.1%, Management 10.1%
- #40 Cities: Skylines
73% matchVery Positive93% of 291,367 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 8.3%
- #41 Production City
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayor of the Month
Windows
Production City is a city builder focused on manufacturing, logistics, and politics. Build efficient production chains, make impactful (or questionable) decisions, and grow your city into an industrial empire!
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Building 13.3%, Economy 12.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #42 Super Company
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Dawn Studio
Windows
You will act as an entrepreneur in the 1990s, producing all kinds of goods that citizens need; Providing residential and educational services for citizens; Carry out international trade and upgrade industries. You should choose the right development strategy to grow the company.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Economy 14.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%
- #43 Amusement Tycoon
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BronStudio
Windows
Manage your park in Amusement Tycoon! Build thrilling attractions, manage staff, and delight visitors to create the park of your dreams and achieve success!
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.1%
- #44 Hundred Nights: DIFU
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PixelsCove Games
Windows
Run the Eastern Underworld in this cozy city builder simulation! Design land layout, hire quirky soulkeepers, and punish sinful souls. Give souls a place to call home. Encounter legends from myths, explore worlds above...
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Building 13.5%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #45 Metropolisim
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy H
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Simulation 21.5%, City Builder 19.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Economy 8.3%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #46 Camplandia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OddBall Interactive
Windows
Build and manage a thriving summer camp. Provide your campers with a place to catch fish, kayak, and tell ghost stories around the campfire. Will you create the ultimate summer camp? Or will your reputation as camp director plummet from a bunch of unhappy campers?
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 8.9%
- #47 Little Big Workshop
70% matchVery Positive84% of 3,391 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 16%, Building 13.5%, Management 12.3%, Economy 10.8%
- #48 Model Railway Millionaire
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Redbrick Studios Ltd
Windows
Model railway builder with economy simulation. Edit the terrain, build the track, and place all the highly detailed objects to create exciting model railway layouts! Deliver food and row materials to the cities to earn money and expand your world! Be a model railway millionaire!
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Simulation 18.1%, Strategy 15%, Building 9%, Economy 8.2%
- #49 Green City
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
Green City is a Free-to-Play, Eco-Focused City-Builder. Create your own beautiful sustainable city, manage resources and balance economic growth with environmental impact.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 11.7%, Nature 9.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #50 Bonanza Burger
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dawg Patch Games
Windows
Bonanza Burger: Build, manage, and compete! Design your restaurant, hire a top-notch team, and battle rival managers. Conquer challenges, expand, and prove you're the ultimate fast-food mogul!
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 15.3%, Sandbox 14%, Building 10.6%
- #51 Parkasaurus
69% matchVery Positive93% of 3,119 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Building 12.4%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Economy 8.9%
- #52 Chess Club Manager
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pouet
Windows · Linux
Tycoon game to build and manage your own chess club from the ground up. Balance training, sponsors, tournaments and turn a tiny local club into a global success.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #53 PolyTown
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Threading Squirrel
Windows
PolyTown is a modern, low poly city building game. Zone areas for residents and businesses, connect them and build services and utilities to keep your citizens satisfied. But don’t get too comfy, if you don’t do your job well, people will make you pay the price.
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Simulation 15.9%, Economy 14.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #54 Chinese Empire
68% matchMostly Negative39% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Yeyuna
Windows
Chinese Empire is an economic city-building strategy taking place in the picturesque areas of China. Create your own new empire that will go down in history!
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Building 15%, Economy 12.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 10.6%
- #55 Cities XL Platinum
69% matchMixed58% of 1,635 reviews2013
Dev: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...
Why similar: City Builder 43.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 8.2%
- #56 Subway Builder
66% matchMixed57% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: City Builder 27%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Building 13.6%, Management 10.2%
- #57 Project Highrise
67% matchVery Positive85% of 4,809 reviews2016
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
Why similar: Building 21.7%, Management 19.6%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #58 The Architect: Paris
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 235 reviews2021
Dev: Enodo GamesPub: 5PM Studio
Windows
The Architect: Paris is a construction game that allows you to shape the city of Paris into what you want. Destroy, draw, build your own architectural projects, customizing each building carefully or entire districts at once.
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Building 19%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Casual 8.1%
- #59 Parkdens
67% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: HidingDev Games
Windows
Parkdens is a minimalistic and relaxing nature park building game where you can place tiles and choose variety of objects ranging from statues, sitting areas, shelters to bushes, playgrounds, trees etc. to populate the placed tiles.
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 12.1%, Casual 9.8%
- #60 Strange Zoo
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pomerania Games
Windows
Build a zoo where animals can speak with your voice. Breed over 40 species, expand your park and survive tornadoes, meteor showers, fires and UFO abductions.
Why similar: Zoo 49.8% ★, Animals 14.8% ★, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Nature 6.2%